Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1887-01-15

The people of the United States pa,
more for Brazilian coffee than the yals
of all merchandise exported to the who'll
OF Sotatf. Amer ca. The coffee cost
} $50, 1000. The exports are a littl,
less than S2S, 900, 600.
A novel Persian scheme is floating
exhibition for bringing French produe,
to the view of people of ether coun
tries, A vessel of 2, 500 tons has beer
provided, aud the first voyage will bt
to the coasts of Central and South
America.
| A hoe for use in garden requires as
much care as scythe that is used for
cutting grass. 1t should be sharp
enough TO cut off the roots of all kinds
OF weeds, and should have so good a
polish that it can be moved through the
soil without much exhibition Of
strength.
1t Is stated in foreign exchanges that
the Jersey COW is making her way into
France by rapid strides. A breeder in
the island has just shipped seventeen
he'sers to add to large private herd in
that country, this shipment making a
total of eighty-two 2-year-old heifers
i'll calf and one bull sold at eco to the
same gentleman. This herd now mum.
bers 120 COWS in milk, 20 yearlings and
8 bulls
A method by which the immense de.
posits of iron sand which abound on the
Coast of New Zealand can be success
fully utilized has lately been discovered
at Auckland. The feature of the new
process consists in uniting quantity
OF scoria with the sand when put in the
blast. This has the effect of prevent
ing the iron from oxidizing, an obsta
Gle that has heretofore never been sue.
cessfully overcome in smelting-iroD
sand.
A useful alloy of aluminium and tin
has been obtained by NJ. Bourbouze by
melting together 100 parts OF the form
er metal and 10 parts of the latter.
This alloy is whittier than aluminium,
aud has density of 2.S5 little great
er than that of the pure metal. so that
it is not too heavy to replace alumni
uni In instruments requiring great
lightness of their parts. 1t is less eff
fected by reagents, etc, than is alum
mum, and also is more easily worked, |
Another of its merits is that il can be |
soldered as easily as brass without any
special preparation.
A writer in The NeU ENGLAND Far
mer says: Parsnips are often left in
the ground through winter and come
out fresh in the spring, but we prefer
to pull the larger portion in the fall
that they may be used in the winter.
Parsnips kept in our cellar last winter
partially covered by mass of the
own leaves to prevent willing, were in
quite as good condition in April as
those left in the ground through the
winter. Those left out begin to grow
and make new Hbrous roots very early
in the spring; and all such growth, like
the sprouting of potatoes in the cellar.
injuries their quality for the table The
parsnip is root that is not appreciated
as it should be by farmers in general.
1t is a mistake to make stable blankets
for horses of cotton, woven so close as
to be almost as impervious to air as
or india rubber. Under such
a blanket q wet horse will not dry off
in long time; and dry one, upon be-
being stripped for the open air, will be
much more likely than he need be to
get chilled. Some of the gay, cheap
blankets in market furnish great deal
of superfluolis color, unsuitable to some
and liable to Offset the
gaudy pattern upon man or beast for
an indefinite number of times. The
effect upon white horses or light trous-
ers is startling. Perhaps some manu-
factarer will be good enough to give us
a line of cheap blankets from plain
ute, without the photograph arrange
uche iol tuNSI tiSih9 MS ldNtu tuiOls.
At a recent convention of tanners /
leld at Boston delegate pointed out {
he fact that millions of pounds of wool
grease are wasted annually in the Unit
ID States. which co;..d bo saved and
lsed instead of the English and French ,
legras grease so literally imported for {
anners use. The speaker stated that
he viscous. absolutely non-drying oil !
n grease was being poured into the :
ivers of the New England and middle !
tates to the extent of forty million 5
POUNDS year. The wooden manufac- {
vres are poIluting the streams with it.
nut it is expected that loud protests !.
will soon be entered against the prac- ;
ice. and then necessity, the mother i
f invention will devise some means Q
{ converting it to commercial uses. 1t $
as been proposed to treat wool with ! !
aphtha, from which the grease can be !
and purified. The ordinary /
lethod of securing wool is by the use b
{ alkales, and the European degras is f
and treated by very cheap .
lhor. hepce the low price at which it ;,
al be laid down here. =